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"I was like: 'Yeah, let's go. I'm ready to go to Australia and live there.'

"Then he was, like: 'No, we have too many friends here, our roots are here now and I don't think we should go.'

"I remember when he told me this, I cried. I was like: 'No, I can't believe it.'"

In hindsight, Federer said he was "very happy to stay in Switzerland" - but admitted it would have been fun to play Davis Cup with Lleyton Hewitt, his career-long rival with whom he partnered in doubles on their Wimbledon debuts back in 1999.